Sydney –
An earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 7.1 rocked the south Vanuatu. The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning.
Reporting from AFP, the United States Geological Survey recorded the earthquake as measuring M 7.1 on Thursday (7/12). The earthquake also triggered a tsunami warning.
The USGS initially reported the quake’s magnitude as 7.3 and a depth of 35 kilometers, but soon revised its report.
The offshore quake struck at 1256 GMT at a depth of 48 kilometers (30 miles), about 123 kilometers south of the town of Isangel and 338 kilometers from the capital Port Vila, the USGS said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said “dangerous waves from this earthquake were possible within 300 kilometers of the epicenter along the coast of Vanuatu and New Caledonia”.
There have been no reports of any damage.
Earthquakes are common in Vanuatu, a low-lying archipelago of 320,000 people located on the seismic Ring of Fire.
The Ring of Fire is an arc of intense tectonic activity that stretches across Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
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2023-12-07 14:11:11
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